Acute bag-valve breathing maneuvers plus manual chest compression is safe during stable septic shock: a randomized clinical trial.

Objective:: To evaluate the effects of bag-valve breathing maneuvers combined with standard manual chest compression techniques on safety, hemodynamics and oxygenation in stable septic shock patients.

Design:: A parallel, assessor-blinded, randomized trial of two groups. A computer-generated list of random numbers was prepared by an independent researcher to allocate treatments.